This, and the accompanying very low quality superlight.gif,
taken from 21 July 93 issue of Motor Cycle News (without permission)
by
Martin Chudley (Postmaster)
(Triumph Trophy 900 K971VPJ)
ARPA : chudley@canon.co.uk
Voice : +44 483 574325UUCP :
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SUPERLIGHT TRIUMPH
"Slimmed-down Daytona
900 has a single
sided swingarm and
factory-kitted 120bhp
motor - but costs 24,000 pounds"
Specials builders in Germany have given Triumph's Daytona 900 sports bike
the machine is 36kg (79 lb) slimme than a standard
Daytona, with an overall bulk of just 505 lb - just 40 lb heavier than
Honda's weight-watching FireBlade. The weight loss, combined with the
higher revving motor's extra horses, should boost top speed rame has been
rettrained but a one-off single-sided swingarm has replaced the original
item to reduce wheelbase and sharpen up the steering. The new swingarm
operates on a longer-than-standard White Power rear shock matched by
upside-down WP forks at t s. And at ther rear a twin-piston Brembo caliper
operates at 220mm PVM disc.
Triumph's standard three-into-two exhaust has been replaced by a special
Remus three-into-one. A slimmer, more aerodynamic fairing, inspired by
Honda's early eighties endur The PS team aim to enter the machine in an
endurance race at the famous Nurburgring circuit next month but first need
to improve ground clearance.
Their task has been made tougher by their choice of a smaller rear wheel -
a very light 17in magnesium al rter fuel tank will also be made. Project
leader Jurgen Gassebner explained: "While hanging off during high-speed
cornering, controlling the front wheel was not easy - shorter riders needed
to be able to move further forward."
Triumph spokesman Mike L